背景:个人特征可能与相信错误信息和不相信保护自己免受COVID-19侵害的最佳做法有关。
目的:为了检查一个人的年龄,种族/民族,教育,residence,健康素养,医学上的不信任程度,以及他们的COVID-19健康和阴谋神话信仰的健康相关信息来源。
方法:我们在2020年8月至2021年3月期间调查了马里兰州和宾夕法尼亚州的成人高血压患者。对八个健康问题(平均值=0.68;范围0-5)和两个共谋问题(平均值=0.92;范围0-2)的回答不正确。更高的分数表明更多的不正确的反应。统计分析包括双样本t检验,斯皮尔曼的相关性,和对数二项回归。
方法:总共,561名初级保健患者(平均年龄=62.3岁,60.2%女性,46.0%黑色,10.2%的西班牙裔,28.2%具有学士学位或更高学位,42.8%的家庭年收入低于$60,000)诊断为高血压和至少五种常见相关疾病之一。
方法:社会人口统计学特征,健康素养,医学上的不信任程度,健康相关信息的来源,以及COVID-19的阴谋和健康神话信仰。
结果:在多变量分析中,未从医学专业来源获得信息的参与者(患病率比(PR)=1.28;95%CI=1.06-1.55),低于学士学位(PR=1.49;95%CI=1.12-1.99),填写医疗表格的信心不足(PR=1.24;95%CI=1.02-1.50),并且有更高的医学不信任(PR=1.34;95%CI=1.05-1.69)更有可能相信任何健康神话。低于学士学位的参与者(PR=1.22;95%CI=1.02-1.45),填写医疗表格的信心不足(PR=1.21;95%CI=1.09-1.34),并且有更高的医学不信任(PR=1.72;95%CI=1.43-2.06)更有可能相信任何阴谋神话。
结论:受教育程度和健康素养较低,更大的医疗不信任,某些健康信息来源与错误的COVID-19信念有关。解决错误信息的计划应通过鼓励对科学资源的依赖,重点关注受这些社会健康决定因素影响的群体。
BACKGROUND: Personal characteristics may be associated with believing misinformation and not believing in best practices to protect oneself from COVID-19.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations of a person\'s age, race/ethnicity, education, residence, health literacy, medical mistrust level, and sources of health-related information with their COVID-19 health and conspiracy myth beliefs.
METHODS: We surveyed adults with hypertension in Maryland and Pennsylvania between August 2020 and March 2021. Incorrect responses were summed for eight health (mean = 0.68; range 0-5) and two conspiracy (mean = 0.92; range 0-2) COVID-19 questions. Higher scores indicated more incorrect responses. Statistical analyses included two-sample t-tests, Spearman\'s correlation, and log binomial regression.
METHODS: In total, 561 primary care patients (mean age = 62.3 years, 60.2% female, 46.0% Black, 10.2% Hispanic, 28.2% with a Bachelor\'s degree or higher, 42.8% with annual household income less than $60,000) with a diagnosis of hypertension and at least one of five commonly associated conditions.
METHODS: Sociodemographic characteristics, health literacy, medical mistrust level, source of health-related information, and COVID-19 conspiracy and health myth beliefs.
RESULTS: In multivariable analyses, participants who did not get information from medical professional sources (prevalence ratio (PR) = 1.28; 95% CI = 1.06-1.55), had less than a bachelor\'s degree (PR = 1.49; 95% CI = 1.12-1.99), were less confident filling out medical forms (PR = 1.24; 95% CI = 1.02-1.50), and had higher medical mistrust (PR = 1.34; 95% CI = 1.05-1.69) were more likely to believe any health myths. Participants who had less than a bachelor\'s degree (PR = 1.22; 95% CI = 1.02-1.45), were less confident filling out medical forms (PR = 1.21; 95% CI = 1.09-1.34), and had higher medical mistrust (PR = 1.72; 95% CI = 1.43-2.06) were more likely to believe any conspiracy myths.
CONCLUSIONS: Lower educational attainment and health literacy, greater medical mistrust, and certain sources of health information are associated with misinformed COVID-19 beliefs. Programs addressing misinformation should focus on groups affected by these social determinants of health by encouraging reliance on scientific sources.